The Shadow
CLIFTON FORGE — The Clifton Forge Public Library’s Brown Bag Book Club will meet on Thursday, Jan. 16.
The group will discuss “Peace Like a River,” Leif Enger’s story of a father raising his three children in 1960s Minnesota.
Amazon writes, “Enger brings us eleven-year-old Reuben Land, an asthmatic boy in the Midwest who has reason to believe in miracles. Along with his sister and father, Reuben finds himself on a cross-country search for his outlaw older brother who has been charged with murder.”
Enger’s website continues, “With Jeremiah [the father] at the helm, the family covers territory far more extraordinary than even the Badlands where they search for Davy from their Air-stream trailer. [The story is] sprinkled with playful nods to biblical tales, beloved classics such as “Huckleberry Finn,” the adventure stories of Robert Louis Stevenson, and the westerns of Zane Grey.”
Amazon concludes, “Their journey unfolds like a revelation, and its conclusion shows how family, love, and faith can stand up to the most terrifying of enemies, and the most tragic of fates.”
The Brown Bag Book Club meets from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., in the library’s Michael Armstrong Community Room.
New members are always welcome. Participants are encouraged to bring a friend and to bring a lunch. Dessert will be provided.
For more information, contact Helene Baker at (860) 558-2170, or email her at ibusybee22@gmail.com.
The Clifton Forge Public Library is located at 535 Church Street.
For information on library programs, call the library at 863-2519.
